CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION
The first leg of the Team of Three final was played at Holmans on the 14th March with the home team of Nicholas Truscott, Elise Daniell & Peter Hore taking a 25 shot advantage over opponents Blisland's Rosemary Young, Rita Hancock & Max Burden. The individual scores Singles Peter Hore 15-3 Max Burden; Pairs Elise Daniell & Nicholas Truscott 15-3 Rosemary Young & Rita Hancock; Triples Elise Daniell, Nicholas Truscott & Peter Hore 9-8 Rosemary Young, Max Burden & Rita Hancock.
News Release - 17th March 2023
COUNTY FINALS
Last weekend saw the finals of the Short Mat Bowls County Finals at Carnmoggas Indoor Bowling Club.
In the Semi Finals the St Newlyn East Four won 6 out of the 9 ends against the depleted Duloe team skipped by Alan Trubshaw winning 12-4. The other semi final between the Fours from Holmans and Duloe saw a couple of large scoring ends early on with Duloe taking a 4 on the 3rd end and Holmans a 7 on the next end to establish a lead they would not relinquish going on to win 15-7. The final between St Newlyn East and Holmans saw Holmans open up a 5-1 lead in the opening four ends. A score of 4 on the fourth end for St Newlyn East leveled up the score at 5-5 after five ends. Scores of 1 and 3 on the next two ends moved St Newlyn East into the lead by 4 with two ends to play. Holmans took scores of 1 and 2 on the last two ends to leave last year's runners up St Newlyn East as the winners with a 9-8 score line.
The semi finals saw a tight match between Karen Watson and Martin Boraston with no more than 1 shot scored on each of the 11 ends with Karen having the adavanage winning 7-4. In the all Newlyn Trinity match between Simon Lees and Nigel Nicholls, after leading by 1 shot after 5 ends Nigel moved ahead going on to win 15-5. The final between Karen and Nigel saw the lead change hands several times. Karen picked up scores of 1 on each of the first two ends. Nigel took the next three ends with scores of 1, 1 and 2 to take the lead 4-2 after 5 ends. Karen took back the lead with a score of 3 on the 6th end, Nigel scored 2 on the 7th end taking the lead once more. Karen replied with a maximum 4 on the 8th end to retake the lead 9-6 with three ends to play. Nigel won each of those last three ends with scores of 1, 2 and 1 to win the final 10-9.
In the Semi Finals a score of 5 on the 9th end for Sandra & John Worton proved decisive as they defeated Chris Jennings & Mark Williams 10-8 despite winning fewer ends overall. David Cole & Karen Watson needed just 8 of the allocated 11 ends to defeat Caroline & Alan Trubshaw 15-0. In the final David Cole and Karen Watson opened up a 9-2 lead after 6 ends however they did not score again over the closing 5 ends of the game with Sandra & John Worton scoring 10 shots over the closing ends to take the title, and their second of the weekend, by a score of 12-9.
The Semi finals Mark Slack's Duloe Team took a crucial score of 3 on the penultimate end against Kensey Vale to win 8-6. Holmans were ahead throughout against Landrake winning 12-5 with an end to spare. The final saw Holmans pickup 4 on the first end to establish a lead they would nor surrender. Consecutive scores on the 5th to 8th ends effectively sealed victory at 12-3 win for Holmans with an end to spare.
The Finals continue this coming Saturday with the County 2 Wood Singles and 4 Wood Pairs at Carnmoggas. The Singles get under way at 0900 with the Pairs following at around 1100.
The qualifiers for the finals are:
| 0County 2 Wood Singles | |
|---|---|
| Saturday 23rd March 2024 | Sign in by 09:00 |
| Mark Payne | Penzance |
| Mark Williams | Lanteglos |
| David Studden | Holmans |
| Karen Watson | Saltash |
| Mark Slack | Duloe |
| Steve Smith | St Newlyn East |
| Martin Boraston | Duloe |
| Nigel Nicholls | Newlyn Trinity |
| County 4 Wood Pairs | |
| Saturday 23rd March 2024 | Sign in by 11:00 |
| Tony Jago & Steve Smith | Withiel & St Newlyn East |
| Keith Matthews & Max Burden | Blisland |
| Nigel Nicholls & Ray Jeffery | Newlyn Trinity |
| Martin Boraston & Jon Read | Duloe |
| Austen Runnals & Steve Williamson | Luxulyan |
| Rob D'Agostino & Andy Jiggens | Kensey Vale |
| Morgan & Simon Lees | Newlyn Trinity |
| John Worton & Joyce Harding | St Newlyn East & Luxulyan |
Also on Saturday Lanteglos' Oskar Bryan will be the first bowler for many years to represent Cornwall in the ESMBA Under 18's Championship.
ENDS
Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA
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